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Bernstein: ESPN Draft Coverage Clowned By Twitter
By Dan Bernstein– CBSChicago.com Senior Columnist (CBS) They sure looked on top of things, that four-man panel in the Prudential Center in Newark last night, a tableau of expertise and awareness,...
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Cutler Not Interested In Endorsements Until He Wins Super Bowl
(CBS) Jay Cutler has been somewhat of an enigma ever since he arrived in Chicago. His talent is undeniable, but his demeanor is questionable and often criticized. He’s short with the media and often...
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New Book Alleges Walter Payton Was Suicidal, Used Drugs
(CBS) A revealing new book accuses former Bears running back Walter Payton of using drugs, cheating on his wife and being suicidal. This week’s issue of Sports Illustrated includes excerpts of...
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Bernstein: Don’t Fear Facts Of Payton’s Life
By Dan Bernstein- CBSChicago.com Senior Columnist (CBS) It’s not a biographer’s job to make you feel good. Apparently, author Jeff Pearlman has succeeded in angering a sizable number of naïve...
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Judge: Jewel Ad Mentioning Jordan Was Protected ‘Noncommercial Speech’
CHICAGO (CBS) — A federal judge is siding with Jewel-Osco in a trademark suit filed by Michael Jordan. As WBBM Newsradio’s Mike Krauser reports, the ad appeared in Sports Illustrated after Jordan was...
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Report: UCLA Program Out Of Control Under Howland
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Players and staff members from the past four UCLA basketball teams say that coach Ben Howland allowed an influx of talented but immature recruits to undermine team discipline and...
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What Were A-Rod And Jeter Doing In This Shirtless Photo?
(WSCR) The 90s, apparently, were a different era. Back then, it was socially acceptable for five baseball players who were entering the prime of their careers to pose shirtless in baseball pants with...
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Video: Kate Upton Doing ‘Cat Daddy’ Dance In Bikini
(WSCR) This might make your day, your week, your month and even your year. Here’s a video of Kate Upton who was featured on the cover of this year’s Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition, doing the ‘Cat...
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Photo: Simeon’s Jabari Parker Makes Cover Of Sports Illustrated
(WSCR) He’s only a junior in high school, but Simeon’s Jabari Park has landed on the cover of Sports Illustrated. Here’s an excerpt from the piece: Jabari Parker, a junior at Simeon Career Academy in...
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The 50 Highest-Earning American Athletes
(WSCR) The good folks over at Sports Illustrated put together a list of The 50 Highest-Earning American Athletes from the past year. Check out the full list here! Some names on this list may surprise...
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Photo: Notre Dame Lands On The Cover Of SI
(WSCR) After a 4-0 start and top-10 ranking, Notre Dame football has returned to the cover of Sports Illustrated. Star linebacker Manti Te’o is featured on the cover of the regional edition that will...
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Bernstein: Belcher Tragedy Has No Bigger Meaning
By Dan Bernstein- CBSChicago.com Senior Columnist (CBS) Sometimes horrible things are just horrible things. It makes us feel better when we can determine direct causes, identify means of prevention of...
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Bernstein: Manti Te’o Is A Liar
By Dan Bernstein- CBSChicago.com Senior Columnist (CBS) Already, the saps are at it again. The same people who were kicking themselves just hours ago and apologizing publicly to readers, viewers and...
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Report: Alabama Players Received PEDs Before 2012 National Championship
(CBS) A report from Sports Illustrated claims members of Alabama’s 2012 National Championship team received banned substances produced by Sports with Alternatives to Steroids prior to the BCS...
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Photo: Kate Upton Returns To Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Cover
Kate Upton is back on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue for the second straight year. Sports Illustrated took the photo shoot for the 50th anniversary edition in Antarctica, which...
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Photo: Blackhawks Make Cover Of SI
(CBS) After their historic run, the Blackhawks have earned the cover of Sports Illustrated. Starting the season on a 24-game point streak, going 21-0-3 to open up the 48-game season, has its perks. And...
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Photo: Sports Illustrated Dedicates Cover To Boston Bombings
(CBS) In the wake of Monday’s bombings at the Boston Marathon, Sports Illustrated is pausing to reflect. The cover of this week’s SI features three Boston police officers responding to the bombings...
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Bernstein: Stop Using ‘_____ -Strong’
By Dan Bernstein- CBSChicago.com Senior Columnist (CBS) Tragedy and illness beget Twitter hashtags and ribbon-shaped car magnets. The lag time is minimal, too, in the commercialization and branding of...
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Baffoe: Penn State Fans Not Directing Their Anger At The Right People
By Tim Baffoe- (CBS) Surprise! Nittany Lion fans are angry again at somebody who isn’t letting their little cult town of Happy Valley be so happy anymore. This time their irrational ire is directed at...
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Sports Illustrated Names Illini’s Beckman Top 5 Worst Coach In College Football
(CBS) Sports Illustrated’s Stewart Mandel compiled a ranking of the best and worst college football coaches in the country – and it’s not good for the University of Illinois. According to Mandel,...
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Baffoe: Jay Mariotti Wrongly Thinks Sportswriting Is Dead Because Rick Reilly...
By Tim Baffoe- (CBS) Some sports writers across the country have been in mourning since the announcement Wednesday that Rick Reilly will be retiring his column in a few months. I understand the...
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View: Sports Illustrated Cover Features Several Thousand Proud Bostonians
(CBS) In a touching and creative cover photo to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombings, Sports Illustrated featured thousands of Bostonians on its cover this week. SI put...
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Bernstein: The ‘Other Guy’ Kane Is Quite The Star
By Dan Bernstein- CBSChicago.com Senior Columnist (CBS) For Patrick Kane, being so tightly linked to Jonathan Toews for his entire Blackhawks career has blessed him with historic success and cursed him...
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Soccer Fanatic Drives From San Francisco To Brazil For World Cup
(CBS) How dedicated of a sports fan are you? Not as dedicated as Ben Oude Kamphuis, that’s for sure. A huge Dutch soccer fan, Oude Kamphuis is currently in the process of driving all the way from San...
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Bettors Hammering Over On Bears’ Season Win Total
(CBS) Around Chicago, expectations are sky high for a Bears team that features an elite offense and revamped defense. Fans are expecting nothing less than a playoff berth and a squad capable of...
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Stephen A. Smith Suspended One Week By ESPN For ‘Provocation’ Comments
(CBS) ESPN personality Stephen A. Smith has been suspended for one week from “First Take” and ESPN Radio following his insensitive comments about domestic violence. In discussing the Ray Rice domestic...
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Baffoe: Finding The Fun In The Little League World Series
By Tim Baffoe- (CBS) I want to thank Mo’ne Davis, pitcher and infielder for the Taney Little League squad that represented the Mid-Atlantic Division in the 2014 Little League World Series. In years...
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View: Jay Cutler Is On SI Cover With Matt Stafford
(CBS) If a thrashing at the hands of the Seahawks wasn’t a bad enough omen last week, worried Bears fans now have another development to overreact to. Quarterback Jay Cutler is gracing the regional...
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Baker’s Dozen: Best Coaching Job Needs To Lie Ahead For JRW Boys
By Ryan Baker- (CBS) I can see it about 10 years from now. Sports Illustrated’s “Where Are They Now?” spread on the stars of the 2014 Little League World Series. Mo’ne Davis will grace the cover of SI...
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View: SI Puts Powerful, Haunting Photo Of Ray Rice On This Week’s Cover
(CBS) Following Ray Rice’s release from the Ravens and new video being unveiled in which he knocks his then-fiancee into unconsciousness, Sports Illustrated has come strong with its cover photo in...
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Wisch: Hungry Illini Fan Base Deserves To Be Fed
By Dave Wischnowsky – (CBS) Right now among Illini Nation, losses are on the mind. From those of the football blowout variety against Nebraska to the basketball program’s near-misses involving star...
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View: New Cubs Ace Jon Lester Lands On Cover Of Sports Illustrated
(CBS) The Cubs haven’t won a World Series since 1908, but they’re receiving plenty of national attention. New Cubs ace Jon Lester is gracing the national cover of Sports Illustrated this week, with a...
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Sports Illustrated Features Ernie Banks On Regional Cover
(CBS) Sports Illustrated has recognized Cubs icon Ernie Banks by putting him on its regional cover this week. Readers in the Midwest will receive the magazine with the below classic portrait of Banks...
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Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue Model Defends Cover
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — If Nashville fans thought they’d be rubbing elbows with models clad in bikinis at Wednesday’s celebration of the 2015 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, they were disappointed,...
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View: Blackhawks Grace Cover Of Sports Illustrated After Winning Cup
(CBS) The Blackhawks clinched their third Stanley Cup in six seasons with a 2-0 win against the Lightning in Game 6 on Monday night, and now they’re garnering the notoriety that comes along with being...
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View: Cubs Featured On Regional Cover Of Sports Illustrated
(CBS) Winners of 20 of their last 24 games, the Cubs are gaining national acclaim. Chicago’s North Siders are featured on a regional cover of Sports Illustrated this week, with an excited bunch of Cubs...
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Sports Illustrated Picks Cubs To Lose In World Series
(CBS) Is this the year for the Cubs? Sports Illustrated says close but not quite. The same magazine that previously predicted a Cubs-Astros World Series in 2017 has the two teams meeting a year early,...
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Baffoe: Caitlyn Jenner, Vince Wilfork, Sports Bodies & The Anti-Status Quo
By Tim Baffoe– (CBS) After the New York Mets announced they had signed domestic batterer Jose Reyes because they’re seemingly in need of an old guy with severely diminished skills who put his wife in...
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Michigan’s Jabrill Peppers Carries Intrigue To NFL Draft
By Chris Emma– (CBS) With the addition of Jabrill Peppers, the NFL Draft class now has one of its most intriguing prospects. Peppers is leaving Michigan after his junior season, and he projects to play...
View ArticleSports Illustrated Magazine Sold For $110M
(AP) — Sports Illustrated is being sold for $110 million, but the seller will continue running the iconic magazine under a licensing deal. Authentic Brands Group is buying Sports Illustrated from...
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